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Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker P Dhanapal today ruled that the DMK Compact Disc, submitted to raise the issue of alleged horse-trading of some AIADMK MLAs, was only a TV channel's video footage with no evidential value.

Raising the issue of the continuing arrests of fishermen from the state by the Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E K Palaniswami today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a "strong diplomatic stand" to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.

The BJP-led Uttar Praesh government has not done any work so far and that is why it has ordered probe into several projects of the previous dispensation to stay in the news, Congress leader Raj Babbar said today.

With the rains hitting the national capital, the Delhi High Court today directed all the municipal corporations and the Delhi government to indicate whether the drains in the city have been de-silted to ensure roads and colonies are not flooded.

Opposition BJP today demanded an immediate removal of Karnataka Forest Minister Ramanath Rai for allegedly directing a senior police official to take action against a local RSS functionary, following the recent group clashes at Kalladka in Dakshina Kannada district.

BJP, which aspires to topple the Left Front government in Tripura in the 2018 assembly elections, today said a process for selecting the candidates for the state's 60- member Assembly had been initiated.

Over 350 zoo inmates of a specialised zoo located in Darjeeling, known for its conservation and breeding programmes of highly endangered animals, are facing the heat of the ongoing shutdown with food supplies fast drying up.